Download or read book The 2000 2001 ASTD Distance Learning Yearbook written by Karen Mantyla and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 2000 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distance learning is the hottest trend in the training industry today. But rapidly changing technology and powerful new developments make it difficult for human resources professionals and trainers to stay current in the field. Now a single annual reference brings together "the best of the best" articles and information, summarizing the state of the distance learning field. This handy one-volume resource includes information on creating distance learning proposals and pilot programs; Internet-based training, videoconferencing, and other technologies; setting up and administering a program; career development for trainers, and more.
Download or read book The Perfect Online Course written by Michael Simonson and published by IAP. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Perfect Online Course: Best Practices for Designing and Teaching was edited under the assumption that a perfect online course can be delivered following different instructional methods and models for design and for instruction, and by implementing different teaching or instructional strategies. Such methods, models, and strategies are framed within quality educational guidelines and must be aimed towards attaining the online course’s learning goals. The book seeks to make a contribution to the existing body of literature related to best practices and guidelines for designing and teaching distance courses, specifically online education. The process of selecting works suitable for this compilation included an extensive review of the journals Quarterly eview of Distance Education and Distance Learning. The book begins by covering literature related to general approaches and guidelines, continues with proposed methods and models for designing and instruction, and ends with instructional strategies to achieve engagement through interaction. The book is divided into four independent, yet interrelated, parts and a concluding section: Part I: Introduction; Part II: Best Guidelines and Standards; Part III: Best Instructional Methods and Models; Part IV: Best Engagement Strategies; and the concluding section, And Finally…, with words from Simonson who delineates the structure of a perfect online course.
Download or read book Learner Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education written by Thomas M. Duffy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-08 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learner-Centered Theory and Practice in Distance Education: Cases From Higher Education brings the voice of the learning sciences to the study and design of distance learning. The contributors examine critical issues in the design of theoretically and pedagogically based distance education programs. Eight distance education programs are described in enough detail to allow readers with different interests to understand the pedagogical approaches and the implications of implementing those approaches. Issues of theory, pedagogy, design, assessment, communities of practice, collaboration, and faculty development are discussed. Each section of the book includes: *a primary chapter written by an author or authors involved with a distance education program that reflects learner-centered principles; *a formal reaction to the chapter by a specialist from the learning sciences, educational evaluation and policy, administration, or the corporate sector with expertise in issues of distance learning; and *an edited transcript of the authors' discussion of the primary chapter held at a symposium at the Asilomar Conference Center. A final "summing up" section offers two perspectives--from leading scholars outside the fields of instructional design, evaluation, and the learning sciences--on the approaches and thinking reflected in the rest of the book. This book is essential for researchers, as well as all those engaged in delivering, supporting, or administrating distance education programs at the post-secondary level. The descriptions, strategies, and principles will inform the design of continuing education, as well as degree-based education and corporate education and training, and distance education programs for adults.
Download or read book The Learning Advantage written by Karen Mantyla and published by Association for Talent Development. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When times get tough, why is it that the training budget so often gets slashed first? And more important, how can you change this pattern so that your training budget is protected—no matter the economic or business climate? The Learning Advantage provides the answers to these questions through a series of case studies designed to help you change your organization's attitude toward learning by helping you make the clear link from learning to your company's bottom line. These case studies offer exemplary models of how to position learning for success by aligning learning strategy with business strategy and by leveraging the power of technology to deliver the best mix of training. Success stories come from a diverse set of leading companies, including: Accenture's inspiring roadmap of how to develop a comprehensive learning infrastructure. The Microsoft Xbox case study, which shows the nexus of strategy, application, and ROI in its breathtaking training challenge to get a global sales and customer service workforce ready for the Xbox 360 launch (includes access to an online, interactive exploration of Xbox 360 launch). Caterpillar University's lessons on how it aligned strategy, technology, and employee development to build an award-winning learning institute with proven bottom-line results. The U.S. Department of Labor's case study, which reveals how this federal agency blended technology with traditional learning for maximum benefit.
Download or read book Online and Distance Learning Concepts Methodologies Tools and Applications written by Tomei, Lawrence A. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-07-31 with total page 4032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This comprehensive, six-volume collection addresses all aspects of online and distance learning, including information communication technologies applied to education, virtual classrooms, pedagogical systems, Web-based learning, library information systems, virtual universities, and more. It enables libraries to provide a foundational reference to meet the information needs of researchers, educators, practitioners, administrators, and other stakeholders in online and distance learning"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Distance Learning Second Edition written by Rogers, Patricia L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2009-01-31 with total page 2612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers comprehensive coverage of the issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of distance learning.
Download or read book Flexible Learning in an Information Society written by Badrul Huda Khan and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book uses a flexible learning framework to explain the best ways of creating a meaningful learning environment. This framework consists of eight factors - institutional, management, technological, pedagogical, ethical, interface design, resource support, and evaluation;a systematic understanding of these factors creates successful flexible learning environments"--Provided by publisher.
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Download or read book Cases on Transnational Learning and Technologically Enabled Environments written by Mukerji, Siran and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers case studies on divergent themes addressing the core perspecitve of technological adaptability and transnational learning"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book The Internet Encyclopedia Volume 2 G O written by Hossein Bidgoli and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-04-27 with total page 875 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Internet Encyclopedia in a 3-volume reference work on the internet as a business tool, IT platform, and communications and commerce medium.
Download or read book Educational Curricula written by Jennifer N. Casey and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In formal education, a curriculum (plural curricula) is the set of courses, and their content, offered at a school or university. As an idea, curriculum stems from the Latin word for race course, referring to the course of deeds and experiences through which children grow and mature in becoming adults. Crucial to the curriculum is the definition of the course objectives that usually are expressed as learning outcomes and normally include the program's assessment strategy. These outcomes and assessments are grouped as units (or modules), and, therefore, the curriculum comprises a collection of such units, each, in turn, comprising a specialised, specific part of the curriculum. So, a typical curriculum includes communications, numeracy, information technology, and social skills units, with specific, specialised teaching of each. This book presents research on educational curricula from around the world.
Download or read book Frontiers of Distance Learning in Business Education written by Hooman Estelami and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distance education and online learning are interchangeable terms used to describe the delivery of educational content, whereby the student and the instructor are separated by geography, time, or both. Within the domain of business education, approximately one-third of all business schools offer online business programs, and many more are expected to follow in this direction. Considerable attention is therefore being given by business educators to the refinement of pedagogical approaches in their distance learning offerings. The growth in attention is reflected in the rising number of academic papers related to distance learning methods which appear in leading business journals, as well as the growing number of workshops, research seminars and online forums on the topic. The objective of this book is to consolidate state-of-the-art knowledge on distance learning methods, best practices, and research findings as they relate to online business education. This exposure would help inform business faculty, administrators and course designers on how to optimize distance courses in the various sub-disciplines of business to achieve the most beneficial results for business students.
Download or read book Online Education Using Learning Objects written by Rory McGreal and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'E-learning is integral to on-site education institutions worldwide, and the rapid explosion of interest in the subject means that this timely, cutting-edge book will be an instant and indispensable resource. Among educators, the development of reusable learning objects made accessible via the internet is ever more important to teaching and learning. This book provides a comprehensive look at a state-of-the-art online education, and presents advice on the creation, adaptation and implementation of learning objects and metadata. Including articles written by some of the leading innovators in the field, this book takes the reader through: designing effective learning objects; creating learning objects; transforming existing content into reusable learning objects; building a metadata management system. This book will be essential reference material for learning technologists, course developers at learning institutions, postgraduate students, teachers and learners in the field of e-learning.'
Download or read book Research Teaching and Learning written by Polly Kobeleva and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2011-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research, Teaching and Learning presents ten essays which explore key factors in effective research teaching and learning practices, provide guidance for their implementation, and describe their benefits to academics and students in the Open and Distance Learning environment. The authors have written this book for the student, the academic and the organisation in the Open and Distance Learning paradigm, from a New Zealand and international perspective. This book provides a framework for the development and application of research, teaching, and learning for the academic within faculty and for managers of open and distance learning tertiary organisations.
Download or read book Educational Media and Technology Yearbook 2003 written by Mary Ann Fitzgerald and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 28th volume of the Educational Media and Technology Yearbook describes current developments and trends in the field of instructional technology. Prominent themes for this volume include e-learning, collaboration, the standards reform movement, and a critical look at the field in its historical context. The audience for the Yearbook consists of media and technology professionals in schools, higher education, and business contexts, including instructional technology faculty, school library media specialists, curriculum leaders, business training professionals, and instructional designers. The Educational Media and Technology Yearbook has become a standard reference in many libraries and professional collections.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Distance Learning written by Caroline Howard and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2005 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This encyclopedia offers the most comprehensive coverage of the issues, concepts, trends, and technologies of distance learning. More than 450 international contributors from over 50 countries"--Provided by publisher.
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